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Vocabulary and Speech Exercises

I. Give English equivalents of the following words and word-combinations.

Помірний клімат рівнин і гірських хребтів; середземноморський субтропічний клімат південного берега Криму; сонячне світло; середня температура; кількість опадів; пора року; відносно тепла зима з снігом і морозом; теплі повітряні потоки; весна триває приблизно 37 днів; кількість опадів підвищується; відрізнятися певною мірою; мінлива погода; сонячний і дощовий; позитивний вплив на промисловість, туризм і відпочинок.

II. Say if the following statements are true or false. Correct the false statements to make them true.

  1. Ukraine is situated in three climatic zones: moderate, Mediterranean subtropical and tropical.

  2. Ukraine is one of the climatically comfortable countries.

  3. The temperatures vary predominantly from the north to the south, in the Ukrainian Carpathians – from the northwest to the southeast.

  4. Most of it rainfalls occurs during the cold time of the year.

  5. In the Ukrainian Carpathians winter lasts 140-150 days.

  6. Spring first touches the southwest and Crimea.

  7. Summer starts when the temperature reaches 15°C and is warm in most regions, hot in the Crimea.

  8. In autumn the temperatures drop but frosts aren’t possible.

  9. In winter Kyiv experiences some cyclones that cause unstable weather.

  10. The weather conditions in Ukraine have positive influence on various industries and development of tourism and recreation.

III. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words or word combinations given below.

The climate of Ukraine is determined by its …. Ukraine’s … lies in the temperate belt. In general the country's climate is …, being … only on the … of the Crimea. The differences in climate are caused by many …: the latitude, relief, altitude and … to seas and oceans. A characteristic … of the climate is an increase in its continental nature from west to east.

A feature of Ukraine’s … is the … in weather conditions from year to year. Alongside very wet years there can be …, whose effect increases to the south and east. There are frequent oscillations … in the regions of the Crimean and Carpathian Mountains. They say the climate in Ukraine is getting … with every coming year.

(Temperately continental; factors; droughts; milder; territory; climate; geographical location; in weather; southern coast; considerable fluctuation; subtropical; proximity; feature)

IV. Insert a correct preposition.

(On/in) the southern coast (from/of) the Crimea the climate is subtropical Mediterranean, because the Crimean Mountains obstruct the movement of cold Arctic air (into/to) the coast. These climatic features have contributed (at/to) the creation of the one of the best resort areas of Ukraine. Winter is rather cold (in/on) Ukraine. There is much snow (at/in) the northern and western parts of the country. Average temperature (of/at) January is 7-8 degrees below zero. It often rains (in/on) the Carpathian Mountains. (In/at) the south and east the weather is dry especially (on/in) summer.

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